Matatu Film Festival Opening Night w/ Angela Glover Blackwell + Fred Blackwell [TONIGHT]

Inside Impact Hub Oakland. Wednesday, July 16. info + limited tickets - www.matatufestival.org film tickets available at the door while available We invite you to come aboard the Matatu Film Festival, exploring some of the world’s most spectacular stories in some of Oakland’s newest spaces. The four day experience presents some of the most highly anticipated films from the most elite festivals around the world. Our opening selection this year is THE GREAT FLOOD - a film about The Great Flood of 1927, forcing the workforce of Africans in America to the west. A talk with PolicyLink CEO/Founder Angela Glover Blackwell and San Francisco Foundation CEO Fred Blackwell precedes the film. The two will have a candid conversation about the intersection of policy and the arts, and their significance on the economic vitality of communities. Seating is limited for this highly anticipated talk, one of Mr. Blackwell's first since his departure as Interim City Administrator for the City of Oakland. For more details, and to secure your ticket, please visit www.matatufestival.org _________ FEATURED GUEST SPEAKER ANGELA GLOVER BLACKWELL founded PolicyLink in 1999 and continues to drive its mission of advancing economic and social equity. Under Angela’s leadership, PolicyLink has become a leading voice in the movement to use public policy to improve access and opportunity for all low-income people and communities of color, particularly in the areas of health, housing, transportation, education, and infrastructure. Prior to founding PolicyLink, Angela served as senior vice president at the Rockefeller Foundation, where she oversaw the foundation’s domestic and cultural divisions. A lawyer by training, she gained national recognition as founder of the Oakland (CA) Urban Strategies Council, where she pioneered new approaches to neighborhood revitalization. As a leading voice in the movement for equity in America, Angela is a frequent commentator for some of the nation’s top news organizations, and also appears in the sixth and final segment of the PBS six-part series The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Angela is the co-author of Uncommon Common Ground: Race and America’s Future (W.W. Norton & Co., 2010), and contributed to Ending Poverty in America: How to Restore the American Dream (The New Press, 2007) and The Covenant with Black America (Third World Press, 2006). In 2013, Angela and PolicyLink collaborated with the Center for American Progress to write and release All In Nation: An America that Works for All. Angela currently serves on The President's Advisory Council on Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships. FRED BLACKWELL is a visionary leader working to ensure shared prosperity, innovation, and equity in the Bay Area. As CEO of The San Francisco Foundation, he leads one of the largest community foundations in the country, working hand-in-hand with donors, nonprofits, community leaders, business, and government partners in philanthropy to identify, influence, and leverage best practices and long-term solutions to make a greater impact in our community. Blackwell, an Oakland native, is a nationally recognized community leader with a longstanding career in the Bay Area. Prior to joining the Foundation, he served as Interim City Administrator for the City of Oakland where he previously served as the Assistant City Administrator. __________ special thanks to festival partners: YERBA BUENA CENTER FOR THE ARTS • KQED • THE FLIGHT DECK • theREGISTRYBayArea.com • COMMUNITY BANK OF THE BAY • SURU • Fusicology • MoAD Vanguard • The San Francisco Jewish Film Festival • Red, Red Bike & Green • Spectrum Queer Media • OwlNWood • One Bay Creative • Nneka • Parliament • PopUpHood • I Hella Love Shorts